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Assault Rifles / Carbines
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Assault rifles are short, compact, selective-fire weapons that fire a cartridge intermediate in power between submachinegun and rifle cartridges. Assault rifles have mild recoil characteristics and, because of this, are capable of delivering effective full-automatic fire at ranges up to 300 meters.
Heckler & Koch G11: Most revolutionary weapon ever
The Heckler & Koch G11 is probably the most revolutionary weapon to appear anywhere in the past 40…
Heckler & Koch HK81: Rifle designed for special police forces
The Heckler & Koch HK81 was a German assault rifle designed and produced specially for Special Forces (both…
IMI Galil: An Israel’s derivative of legendary AK-47
IMI Galil was a standard-issue rifle used by Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) for almost three decades. It was…
FN FNC: A less expensive alternative to the M16 rifle
The FN FNC is an assault rifle chambered in a 5.56×45mm NATO caliber and was developed by the…
Erma EG73 Carbine: Another successful German rifle
Erma EG73 Carbine is another successful rifle produced in West Germany. It is chambered in .22 Winchester Magnum…
Erma EM1 and EGM1: A German copies of the M1 Carbine
The Erma EM1 and Erma EGM1 were lookalike copies of the legendary M1 Carbine. The U.S. Army’s M1…
Enfield L85A1: An Individual Weapon of SA80 bullpup family
The Enfield L85A1 assault rifle is part of the British SA80 family of 5.56×45mm NATO bullpups. The L85A1 rifle variant…
Daewoo K2: A crossover between the AK-47 and M16
The Daewoo K2 is a standard South Korean Army rifle produced by Daewoo Precision Industries. The company gained experience…
SAMOPAL vz. 58: A rifle that looks like an Soviet AK-47 but it is not
The SAMOPAL Vz. 58 is a service weapon of the Czech Army. Although there is a superficial resemblance…
Colt M16A2: An improved version of legendary M16 assault rifle
The Colt M16A2 was the service rifle of the U.S. Armed Forces and of some 55 other countries.…
Colt ACR: A Colt AR you never heard about
The Colt ACR was Colt’s entrant for the Advanced Combat Rifle program. It was quite simply, a progressive…
CETME Model L: A Spanish assault rifle chambered in 5.56 mm
CETME Model L rifle development started in the late 1970s in CETME. It is the Spanish government research…